Ⅰ. 阅读理解
【语篇概述】本文为记叙文。一个小男孩因为身材矮小, 性格内向而不参加任何一种运动, 但在15岁生日那天收到了一份礼物——一辆山地自行车, 从此改变了自己的命运; 他爱上了运动并最后成为世界上单独滑雪而登上北极的年龄最小的人。
1.【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段中的“It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. ”, 可知15岁生日那天收到的山地自行车改变了他。
2.【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland”, 可知Saunders受雇于 Ridgway, 在苏格兰探险学校工作过。
3.【解析】选C。推理判断题, 根据倒数第二段“Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation. ”, 可知他成为世界上单独滑雪登上北极的年龄最小的人, 创造了新的世界纪录。
